...SQUALLS WITH TROPICAL-STORM FORCE WINDS REACH THE MOUTH OFTHE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... ...CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE... As of 4:00 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 the center of Cristobal was located near 27.3, -90.1 with movement N at 12 mph.[…]

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It didn't take me long to finish rigging up the 120 with a new reel and 2.2mm dyneema line. Unfortunately as of now (Apr 2009), I haven't had an opportunity to get into the blue water to put this new toy through its paces. I am definitely jones'ing to give it a try! I am also working on making my...

This year at The Blue Wild I was fortunate enough to meet Mike Hickey. I know of Mike from his appearances on Speargun Hunter on the Outdoor Channel with Sheri Daye. Mike was orginally a guest on the show and in later seasons participated as an underwater videographer. Mike is the USA distributor for FreeDivers (FreeDivers USA) spearfishing equipment....

Throughout my relatively short history in spearfishing (as of this writing), I have only used a few different spearguns. Now obviously, my opinion in this matter is not one of extreme trial and error. Mostly it consists of recommendations made to me by those I spearfish with along with some of my own common sense.
In the beginning (early 1990's), I...

This review is actually long overdue as I've had this mask for well over a year now and I honestly don't know why I hadn't done it before now. After trying multiple masks over several years (and several hundred dollars), some were good (Mystic, Star, Nano), and some were bad (Zero Cubed). Before this, I had actually decided upon the...

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Seas:
Sat - 1-2'
Winds:
Sat - 5-10 SW
Viz:
Sat - 15-20'
Temp:
Sat - 84 F
I can't say I wasn't a little worried since the week before I finally get away for some time off after months of dealing with work responsibilities and a host of other...

Wind
Seas
Viz
Temp
15-25 ESE
4-5'
30-40'
81F
Once again, the most anticipated weekend for Florida spearfisherman rolls around and this year I actually got to plan some time off and hit it for a few days in a row. I hadn't had many opportunities to dive...

For the past 20+ years my family and I have been heading down to Marathon during the Summer months for the purposes of spearfishing and family weekends. Over the past 15+ years since owning my web site, these Summers have...